diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dad65d2b..5e655a7b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -335,4 +335,26 @@
         <module>rave-portal</module>
     </modules>
 
+    <profiles>
+      <profile>
+        <id>dist</id>
+        <build>
+          <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
+          <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+              <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+              <executions>
+                <execution>
+                  <phase>validate</phase>
+                  <goals>
+                    <goal>clean</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                </execution>
+              </executions>
+            </plugin>
+          </plugins>
+        </build>
+      </profile>
+    </profiles>
+    
 </project>
diff --git a/rave-portal/pom.xml b/rave-portal/pom.xml
index 211e41f2..01617cbc 100644
--- a/rave-portal/pom.xml
+++ b/rave-portal/pom.xml
@@ -286,5 +286,30 @@ if needed you can specify it on the command line with -Djavaagent="..." -->
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+    
+    <profiles>
+      <profile>
+        <id>dist</id>
+        <build>
+          <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${cargo.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                  <execution>
+                    <id>dist</id>
+                    <phase>install</phase>
+                    <goals> 
+                      <goal>configure</goal>
+                      <goal>package</goal>
+                    </goals>
+                  </execution>
+                </executions>
+              </plugin>
+          </plugins>
+        </build>
+      </profile>
+    </profiles>
 
 </project>